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Me AGAIN! Hiya! :whistle:

I've been saving up to build my own PC. I think I have enough to build a pretty good rig. I know some of the basics on how to build a PC & what goes where.

I would like to know FIRSTLY what am I leaving out or missing from the below setup, please:

Cooler Master RC-1100 COSMOS S Tower Chassis

Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI Express Sound Card

Asus GeForce GTX275 16xPCIE 448-bit 896MB DDR3 w/HDTV + 2DVI

Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200.12 SATA300 32MB 7200RPM Hard Drive

Seagate 750GB Barracuda SATA300 32MB 7200RPM Hard Drive

Sony DRU-V200S 48xCD-R / 32xCD-RW / 48xCD / 16xDVD / 20xDVD+\-R / 8xDVD+R DL / 12xDVD-R DL / 8xDVD+RW / 6xDVD-RW / 12xDVD-RAM SATA Combo Drive

Corsair TX750W Power Supply - 750W

Asus P6T Deluxe V2 IX58 Motherboard w/A8 + 2LK + FWa + SATA2 RAID

Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz LGA1366 Processor

OCZ DDR3-1333 6GB (3x2GB) Platinum Low-Voltage Memory Module Kit


I'd like to know if I am missing anything from the above setup?

Will I need to buy anything else (I already have a monitor, keyboard, mouse, speakers)?

Do I need to install any additional fans?

Should I wait for an Nvidea DX11 card or go with a ATI one?

Is my PSU adequate to power all of the above stuff?

I've noticed that the Hardrives I've chosen are SATA 3.5" ones, would that make a difference ie. Have I chosen the right ones would they be compatible with my Board? :confused:

Lastly I've noticed that RAM has different Ranges & Frequencys or whatever you want to call them ie. DDR3 - 1333 or DDR3 - 1375 or DDR3 - 1600 etc. How on earth do I know which set to buy for my PC? :wtf:

Thanks! :love:
 
Do you really need a sound card? Modern Motherboards (the P6T Deluxe V2) has pretty good on-board HD Audio.
 
czc said:
Do you really need a sound card? Modern Motherboards (the P6T Deluxe V2) has pretty good on-board HD Audio.
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Aaah ok, I didnt know that. With the old one we have now, sounds pretty crappy on it.

Ty for ya input! :D
 
what is the price difference between that GTX275 and an HD5850?

is there a particular reason (besides the extra 250GB) that you haven't gone for a 1.5TB?
 
milomak said:
what is the price difference between that GTX275 and an HD5850?

is there a particular reason (besides the extra 250GB) that you haven't gone for a 1.5TB?
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I already have the 750, figured the 1TB was fine & for the price I saw it at it didnt seem practical.

With the cards I think there is about a 700-800 difference.
 
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Ja, I'd leave the sound card out... not really necessary. Save some money there and get more RAM and Windows 7. I have the same processor. The RAM I have is 6 Gb of DDR 1333 I think... not sure till I reboot. You are not gonna see a huge difference between those three types, but get the best your mobo supports.
 
Get the HD5850. Way better than the GTX275. It's even better than the GTX285...
I've seen the HD5850 for less than R2900 at www.prophecy.co.za. How much are you paying for the GTX275?
 
I would seriously consider getting a 5850/5870 over the GTX275. You're going to kick yourself for not getting DX11 hardware. As for waiting for a nvidia DX11 part... Most people agree, its going to be an expensive, power hungry part and available (in small quantities) around March/April. But only time will tell for sure.
Also, why you getting an i7? I ask this everytime someone goes for it. For gaming its total overkill. An i5 or AMD 955 is a much better option, unless you really think you need the extra 1fps you get from an i7. Save the money here and get a better GPU. i7 is only needed if you are heavy into video/audio encoding, and if I rememeber correctly, photoshop type programs also like the multiple threads.
Hard drives are fine, 3.5" is the standard. Sound card is probably not necassary. PSU is also a good choice.
 
Garyvdh said:
Ja, I'd leave the sound card out... not really necessary. Save some money there and get more RAM and Windows 7. I have the same processor. The RAM I have is 6 Gb of DDR 1333 I think... not sure till I reboot. You are not gonna see a huge difference between those three types, but get the best your mobo supports.
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Awesome thanks for the advice Garyvdh! I have Windows 7 already. I'm going to leave the sound card out.

Ideally how much RAM should I get? I'm aiming for 6GB's. Should I go with 8GB's?

In terms of upgrading, can I later add a further 2GB's to my 6GB's without causing any conflict ***? :confused:
 
SaiyanZ said:
Get the HD5850. Way better than the GTX275. It's even better than the GTX285...
I've seen the HD5850 for less than R2900 at www.prophecy.co.za. How much are you paying for the GTX275?
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I'm getting the GTX275 for R2600.00

Can someone tell me what the feature is that NVidea cards had that ATI ones didn't. I recall reading it here, it starts with a C & is related to gaming. :confused:
 
Schitzo said:
I'm getting the GTX275 for R2600.00

Can someone tell me what the feature is that NVidea cards had that ATI ones didn't. I recall reading it here, it starts with a C & is related to gaming. :confused:
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both ati and nvidia has the thing that starts with C; you are referring to cuda and that is what makes the gpu programmable which can be done by ati too just different name as to nvidia.

however what you really are thinking about is physx which currently only nvidia has.
 
I do not think you need more memory, good lord 6gb is plenty memory unless you are using more which i highly doubt.

Drop the 275 for ati rather. Are you planning on using a 750gb or 1tb hdd for windows?
 
Schitzo said:
Awesome thanks for the advice Garyvdh! I have Windows 7 already. I'm going to leave the sound card out.

Ideally how much RAM should I get? I'm aiming for 6GB's. Should I go with 8GB's?

In terms of upgrading, can I later add a further 2GB's to my 6GB's without causing any conflict ***? :confused:
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Yes, 8 Gb is gonna be a bit overkill at this stage, but if you have the money to burn, why not? I got two 2's and two 1's so I can swap out the two 1's at a later stage.
 
I'd get a SSD to go with that i7, otherwise won't notice much unless encoding, major multitasking, vm's etc.

honestly general performance feels much the same between i7/q9550/q8400/e5300 on a normal 7200 rpm drive. Much more noticeable difference with ssd.
 
Yes, the bottleneck on my PC currently is the hard disks. Everything else is rated pretty high by the Windows Performance Index. And I Have six x 1 Terabyte Western Digital Green Power drives. But they are the slowest part of my PC at the moment.
 
Garyvdh said:
Yes, the bottleneck on my PC currently is the hard disks. Everything else is rated pretty high by the Windows Performance Index. And I Have six x 1 Terabyte Western Digital Green Power drives. But they are the slowest part of my PC at the moment.
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You have uncapped with all those hard drives? :D
 
Schitzo said:
I'm getting the GTX275 for R2600.00

Can someone tell me what the feature is that NVidea cards had that ATI ones didn't. I recall reading it here, it starts with a C & is related to gaming. :confused:
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I think you are referring to CUDA?

6GB is more than plenty unless you are using some seriously RAM intensive software. especially seeing as you wanna go tri-channel with the i7/x58.
 
Necuno said:
both ati and nvidia has the thing that starts with C; you are referring to cuda and that is what makes the gpu programmable which can be done by ati too just different name as to nvidia.

however what you really are thinking about is physx which currently only nvidia has.
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LOL Thank you! I thought I might be mixing it up. :o

So would NOT having Physx on a card be a disadvantage for further games a person would play on their rig?
 
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